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The second part of my vacation was Rose City Comic Con. I think it had been a couple of years since my last RCCC. I’ve been a little burnt out on conventions lately. They’re fun, but exhausting. They can also be expensive. In spite of that I decided to make my return this year.

This year the con expanded to 3 days. On the first day, Friday, I got there a little after noon. The con didn’t start until 1:00. As soon as I walked into the building, I saw a my friend Joshua, so we hung out that day. I wasn’t expecting to hang out with anyone that day. I kinda like having the freedom to do my own thing at cons. Josh was cool though, so not much was different than if I had been there alone. After I got my badge, we went to Brent Spiner’s panel. Afterwards, we walked around the exhibit floor and I got to do one of my favorite con activities – taking pictures of cosplayers. After this we saw a panel on writing LGBT characters. I don’t think either of us found it too interesting, so we left early. We caught the end of a panel featuring 2 cast members from The Munsters and then we saw Kate Sackhoff’s panel. I left after this because I was tired. I missed the Weird Al panel that was coming up next.

The next day traffic near the convention center was a mess. I didn’t leave as early as I should have and ended up spending an hour inching traffic before I eventually made it to a place I could park. I got some more pictures of cosplayers. I got all of my autograph and photo ops taken care of back to back to back. First was a picture with Rose McIver, then Rose’s autograph, then a picture with Brent Spiner and John de Lancie together. Originally I had planned on doing them over 2 days, but that changed when I found out Brent Spiner and John de Lancie were doing a photo together. Rose McIver was so adorable. I had no idea she was from New Zealand, so I was shocked when she asked me how I was doing with an accent. When I walked up to Spiner and de Lancie, they joked about my RCCC shirt asking what it was and were it is. After the photo ops, I could just chill the rest of the day and the next day. No more lines. I saw John de Lancie’s panel and Rose McIver’s panel before going home.

On the last day, traffic was much better. After roaming the floor for a little while, I think I spent the rest of the day in the main panel room. First was Ming Chen. Then Peter Capaldi and Pearl Mackie. After that was some stars and a producer from Z Nation. And finally William Shatner. I got a bite to eat after that and went home.

I’m glad that I went back to RCCC this year. It was a blast. This con has come a long way since first year when it was in that hotel and there wasn’t any air conditioning in the exhibit area. Right now I have a desire to start going to cons again. We’ll see how long that lasts.

I had a great vacation and it was hard to go back to work Monday.

Lastly, I’m too tired to go through the trouble of posting pics from the con. You can find them on Facebook.